Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-01-06
PLAIN TALK.
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Paul Jones and hls Aseasefs.

Jones. of Mexico. We clip the fol
lowing from last weeks Troy Herald
IN regard to Jones and his record IN
the convention:
cHILDERs OF II fRER PRass ox JONES.
5. Paul Jones is q name. tina, will
stagnd, sponstheiasgss of political his.
tory in this district, forever, as syn
onym, for TRAITOR and '1rensgade. a
A'rhah, I'm the true ms OF that
term must have both brains and
principle. S. Paul Jones, of Frank
lin, has a moderata supply Of the
totsssfsomrnodltN hut il rs denssly
ignorant of even the Specification OF
the latter as a razor-back hog ""' r
Men of honor and. Of principle
despisea traitor and his t~faitoroas
acts, even though they may be the
beneficialies thereby, yet we had the
spectacle, during the late Congress.
ional convention, Of man who was
proud of having received the vote. Of
a traitor; a man who thanked traitor
for having dishonored himself and
the Democracy by betrayinga sacred
trust man who thanked a traitor
for violating the wishes of his fellow
Democrats expressed in conYaniinn
assembled. Shame upon any man
who will, openly consort With traitefs
and glory in hasingbeen keneftted
by the treacherous acts of politicians
devoid of honor and of principle and
decency.
S. Paul Jones, the s~weet-scented
renegade from Franklin, made sever,
al speeches in the Mexico convention
in which he egotistically boosted Of
his Democracy, of his love of justice
and his desire to see the people rep.
resented by their servants in CON.
vention assembled. He misrepresent
ed bis constituents and his principle
whose proxy hehad; he treacherously
betrayed a sacred trust which he had
pledged his word to carry out; he
violated every pledge he made and
dragged the fair name of justice
through the dirty mire of his own in
fanny and his own dishonor and made
his name a hiss and a by-word
among all decent Democrats. Il
this a specimen Of his Democracy
Is this a record to be proud of? W.
thank God that S. Paul Jones is the
only man in Franklin county or il
the district so contemplate, so de
void Of honor, so low and dirty anc
groveling in political principles as .te
deliberately lie in order to worn
himself into a delegation in order to
get a chance to betray mar whom
he had profesRda wish 10 aid. u
this record is .adesirable one, the IS
Paul Jones isSweleome to all the bJ
it may bring him.
DIR. s. PAUL JONEs TO H EDITOR OF
Il ''TRoY FREE PRESS" ,
SIR: I have just at this momen.
flushed the perusal cfza mass 81 vii!
and slanderous editorial on my persoI
and character, published in the Troy
Free Press, of September 10, 1886, ii
which you display you vile, vena
ar1dimplacahle nature sA'Ea
Tn the interest of harmony in thu
Democratic party 1 have refused t.
read or notice yonr vile 5attacksJ bh
as the election is now over I am read,
to meet you and YOUR co+dsfanier'
before the people of: the. Seventh
Congressional district.
And now, sir, if you suffer you
fancy to create to itself words o
ideal happiness you will discompos'
the peace and order of your mind
and foment many hurtful passions
Here then, sir, you should let moder
alton begin its reign, BY bringins
within reasonable and truthful bond
the opinions that you form and pub
lish to the world. You have strayet
far from the road which conducts t,
felicity. You have aisboh4rea fh'
dignity of
Your Imagination roves in a land o
shadows, falsehood and deception
Unreal forms deceive yon and un
scrupulous political demagogues mis-
| lead you. Sir, it is no more than
!, phantom, an illusion of honor whic'
attracts your vile admiration. Nay
an illusion which can but lead you t
misery and destruction. -
Through the weakness and impel
lection of your understanding, you
.passiens are directed to improper OF
jects, and perpetually run into false
hood and excess, and hurry youtc
wards their qualification with bin
l and dangerous impetuouslty.
IL ga. Z z : t4-s. / J = 4.--#
u You should remember, sir, that a
those great, public and privat
! calamities which we behold With al
constituent and horror have oYis
mated from the source Of violer
hpassions unrestrained. These hav
~overspread the earth with bloodshef
the assassln's dagger an
i fIled the poisoned bowl.
az These in every age have fhrnishe
copious material for the orator
pathetic aeclsmation land the poet
! tragic song.
To obtain command of passion
Sir, is one of the highest attainment.
of rational mnan.iflf tsiL .f's
IF, then, you are a rational maj